people tend to be subjected towards other's opinions and their own expectations; now once you watch enough animes you start to not expect anything at all.

GC was pretty decent imo and had all the above mentioned, now the one aspect that caused people to rage over, whether they realize it or not, (which i'm assuming most don't) is it's execution.

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which is why I avoid all the hype machine. I do my best to go into anime with as little knowledge as possible, and I wind up enjoying most of what I watch. and I do agree with the execution bit. there was a lot in GC that could have been done better than it was, but the overall experience was enough for me to say that the anime was a solid 8/10. but enough of discussion, back to the reason we're really here: